Yesterday I cried. As I drove to work, listening to the music being played on the radio that ever so accurately described what this day meant for me and millions of other Americans, my eyes welled up with tears at the possible outcome of today’s election. The long lines I encountered at 6 am, brought [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Love’
A New America
Posted: November 5, 2008 in Uplifting, Commentary, My LIfeTags: Barack and Being Black, Barack Obama, BET, Change is Gonna Come, Chicago, Democrat, DNC, Grandmother, integrity, Jeff Johnson, Jim Crow, Love, Obama Wins, Sam Cooke, strength, support, the 44th president of the United States, The First African American President, The First Family, The Great Black Vote, The Truth, The United States of America, unity, YES WE CAN
At the Moment…
Posted: August 13, 2010 in CommentaryTags: death, Fate, Inevitable, life, Love, Time
My heart is heavy, bearing the weight of the inevitable, now here. The fate of us all thrust upon a new addition to the life I call my own. The sound of abounding silence between phone lines after being alerted. What words heal? What actions mend? None and none. Time, the healer, albeit prolonged. Can [...]